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Re: A whale of a flash . . .
Good Ref's D Spires, but it is a question of Dinasaur biochemistry and UV-climatic changes. eom
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Vitamin D bonked the Dinasaurs
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sunblok
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2/26/2002 6:36:08 PM
NEWS FLASH: Conjugated Double Bonds and Cholesterol Degradation, Puts A Damper On Space Exploration
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sunblok
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2/27/2002 7:28:19 PM
K-T rats are done in by novel rodenticide QUINTOX-SOREXA.
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sunblok
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2/27/2002 5:03:41 PM
Sorry....can't use HTML code in Subject field.
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sunblok
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2/27/2002 6:43:35 PM
link for QUINTOX that I missed.a href="http://www.google.ca/search?q=Quintox+Bell+Labs&hl=en&meta="http://www.google.ca/search?q=Quintox+Bell+Labs&hl=en&meta=/a Hypercalcaemic poison Vitamin D-3 from…
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sunblok
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2/27/2002 6:41:12 PM
I do know that certain reptiles have high sensitivity to Vit. A in certain forms.
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ebnelson
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2/27/2002 4:02:57 PM
Beta-Carotene to Vitamin A
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sunblok
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2/27/2002 7:02:23 PM
Re: Beta-Carotene to Vitamin A
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Neophyte
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2/27/2002 8:43:21 PM
UV penetration of fresh water 3-4 meters most likely less for Ocean salt water. Whales survive TK time period but Dinasaurs are bowled out.
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sunblok
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2/27/2002 2:16:11 PM
There you go. :-)
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Neophyte
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2/27/2002 5:33:39 PM
Addendum:Just searched CCNet under Ultra Violet and Gamma Rays.
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sunblok
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2/27/2002 2:36:09 PM
Re: I do know that certain reptiles have high sensitivity to Vit. A in certain forms.
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RobVG
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2/27/2002 4:54:11 PM
Re: B12 . . .
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D. Spires
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2/27/2002 5:34:04 PM
Re: B12 . . .
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RobVG
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2/27/2002 6:03:48 PM
whales
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2/27/2002 1:23:50 PM
Re: A whale of a flash . . .
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D. Spires
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2/27/2002 3:03:35 PM
Good Ref's D Spires, but it is a question of Dinasaur biochemistry and UV-climatic changes. eom
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sunblok
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2/27/2002 4:28:14 PM
Re: The question is much larger than just that, encompassing many, many fields -- but we'll keep picking at it . . . (n/t)
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D. Spires
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2/28/2002 1:06:32 PM
Buffy the Bug Slayer
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McFly
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2/27/2002 2:18:40 PM
Well, we threid, but the darn Greenpeace weenies decided to save the pollutin' monsters...
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ebnelson
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2/27/2002 10:57:58 AM
Re: Save the whales campaign . . .
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D. Spires
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2/27/2002 11:19:21 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.